[Gllug] aptitude and source packages

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 06:07:15PM +0100, John wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:54:16PM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> > On Wed, April 14, 2010 16:20, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> >> Unfortunately, they aren't out of date.  They're deeply misguided, but
> >> there are plenty of idiots touting aptitude as your first-line package
> >> management tool today.
> > 
> > I got in to the habit of typing "aptitude install..." instead of "apt-get
> > install" when aptitude has better dependency tracking.
> > 
> > I realise that apt-get caught up and so I could go back to using it.
> > 
> > What makes you describe the use of aptitude as idiotic?
> > 
> > (I'm not attempting to start a flamewar here, I'm genuinely curious).
> 
> This came up during spring last year:
> 	http://lists.gllug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/2009-March/076781.html


Thanks, John.  I don't feel the need to add anything to what I wrote
back then.

-- 
Bruce

Explota!: miles de lemmings no pueden estar equivocados.
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